"I had originally encountered MST3K during the Joel era, when it was airing on Comedy Central, but most of it went over my head-I liked the goofy puppets and low-rent effects, but during the theater segments, I was mainly watching my dad watch the show so I would know when to laugh. But my dad eventually stopped watching, and a couple of years later, when I was old enough to want to seek it out for myself, the Sci-Fi version was what I found."
"I caught back up with MST3K just as its 10th and final season was airing. And episodes like Time Chasers, Werewolf, Overdrawn at the Memory Bank, and Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders became familiar old friends to me, episodes I returned to over and over again even as I gradually expanded my library of old episodes via the tape-trading sites that were still active in the late '90s into the early 2000s (it's impossible to this day to own the complete run of the show without turning to bootlegs)."
MST3K's Joel-era run aired on Comedy Central and featured goofy puppets and low-budget effects alongside theater segments. The Sci‑Fi Channel run introduced Bill Corbett as Crow, Mary Jo Pehl among the mad scientists, a redesigned Satellite of Love set, and a sharper, more acidic sense of humor that resonated with teenage sensibilities. Tom Servo (Kevin Murphy) and Mike Nelson remained familiar presences. Episodes such as Time Chasers, Werewolf, Overdrawn at the Memory Bank, and Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders became repeatedly rewatched favorites. Tape-trading in the late 1990s and early 2000s expanded access, and bootlegs remain necessary to own the complete run. Many Sci‑Fi era contributors reappeared in revival projects, while RiffTrax serves as an explicit "get-the-band-back-together" moment.
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